When politicians dictate science, government becomes entangled in its own deceptions, and eventually the social order decays in a compost of lies. Society, having abandoned the scientific method, loses its empirical referent, and truth becomes relative. This is a serious affliction known as Lysenkoism.

This really needs to change. Distoring scientific facts is a big no-no. You cannot smear science the same way you can smear Kerry. The practice definitely makes me red faced.